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Brazil reports over 26,000 new cases of coronavirus, 600 deaths
Jul 06, 2020 01:31The novel coronavirus continues to claim lives in Brazil, as new cases remain stubbornly high in the Latin American nation.
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US: Ten out of the 12 hospitals in Texas' Rio Grande Valley are full
Jul 06, 2020 01:26Hospitals in the Rio Grande Valley have sounded the alarm as their beds filled to capacity with COVID-19 patients and some began transferring patients elsewhere.
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Spain re-imposes lockdown on Galicia amid second wave of COVID-19
Jul 06, 2020 00:03Spain has re-imposed a lockdown on about 70,000 people in Galicia as a second-wave outbreak of COVID-19 hits the northwestern region.
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As COVID burns through the US south and west, Trump fans the flames
Jul 05, 2020 13:53What was said by legions of experts months ago — this is only just beginning — remains just as true today, and for no better reason than because Donald Trump would step on the dead faces of his own supporters in the street if he believed doing so would carry him closer to victory in November.
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Greece shuts border to Serbians after virus spike
Jul 05, 2020 10:22Greece announced on Sunday the closure of its frontier for Serbian nationals until July 15 because of a coronavirus spike.
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Global wake-up call
Jul 05, 2020 05:48The coronavirus pandemic, as horrible as it is, must be a wake-up call that prompts all political leaders to understand that our assumptions and approaches have to change, and that division is a danger to everyone. This understanding could lead people to recognize that the only way to address global fragilities is through much more robust mechanisms of global governance with international cooperation.
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Iran, UNICEF to launch scheme to contain coronavirus
Jul 05, 2020 02:16Iran’s Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare is going to launch a joint cooperation program with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in preventing and treating the novel coronavirus disease.
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Global Covid-19 cases top 10 million as HHS secretary warns 'window is closing' to get disease back under control in US
Jul 04, 2020 05:10US coronavirus related deaths now exceed 125,000, about one-quarter of the world total.
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Car crashes deadlier as drivers speed during lockdowns
Jul 04, 2020 03:59The US National Safety Council said recently as traffic plummeted across the country during coronavirus lockdown, roads became more lethal, with a 37 percent increase in fatality rates per miles driven in April, compared to the same month last year.
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NHS facing shortage of doctors before second wave of coronavirus arrives
Jul 04, 2020 03:52A new survey of doctors in the UK found almost one in seven is planning to quit the NHS or retire when the current crisis subsides, with many more saying they aim to cut back on hours, and almost a third complaining of mental health problems related to four months of relentless struggle against Covid-19.